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erin? >> that is just incredible, incredible footage. >>> all right, next to italy, where plans to pick a new pope could be speeding up. pope benedict, considering changing the vatican constitution to allow a vote for his successor before march 15th. that's when the conclave had been set to begin. ben wedeman is in rome and i asked him what else he knows. >> reporter: erin, officials in the vatican are sending out messages that they would like to hold the conclave earlier than originally projected, just a few days ago, they were talking about the 15th of march. what they would like to do is hold it a bit earlier, bringing those 117 cardinals to rome to vote for the next pope, as quickly as possible. they definitely want to avoid what happened with pope gregory x in the 13th century when the conclave went on for three years. the last time there was a con claif, it went on for two days and that would be i deal for the vatican. they would like to have the whole process of electing the next pop
erin? >> that is just incredible, incredible footage. >>> all right, next to italy, where plans to pick a new pope could be speeding up. pope benedict, considering changing the vatican constitution to allow a vote for his successor before march 15th. that's when the conclave had been set to begin. ben wedeman is in rome and i asked him what else he knows. >> reporter: erin, officials in the vatican are sending out messages that they would like to hold the conclave earlier...
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i'm erin burnett. "outfront" or should i say out back tonight, the "a" word. with three days until the forced spending cuts kick in, house speaker john boehner today dropped an a-bomb. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their -- and begins to do something. >> on the other side of capitol hill, senate majority leader harry reid says it's the republicans' fault. no buts about it. >> i think he should understand who is sitting on their posterior. we i think he should understand >> well, the president didn't engage in the posterior pow-wow but did play the blame game. >> there are too many republicans in congress right now who refuse to compromise even an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes and special interest tax breaks. and that's what's holding things up right now. >> "outfront" tonight democratic congressman chris van hollen. the ranking member of the house budget committee. not every day we get to hear that word used on capitol hill. >> i will put aside the posterior politics
i'm erin burnett. "outfront" or should i say out back tonight, the "a" word. with three days until the forced spending cuts kick in, house speaker john boehner today dropped an a-bomb. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their -- and begins to do something. >> on the other side of capitol hill, senate majority leader harry reid says it's the republicans' fault. no buts about it. >> i...
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erin. >> that is for sure, drew. thank you. >>> still to come, a remarkable idea that just might win an oscar this weekend. when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the all-new cadillac ats -- 2013 north american car of the year. ♪ for a limited time, take advantage of this exceptional offer on the all-new cadillac ats. exceptional offer through sunday, save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic.e savings go on at sleep train. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya,
erin. >> that is for sure, drew. thank you. >>> still to come, a remarkable idea that just might win an oscar this weekend. when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the all-new cadillac ats -- 2013 north american car of the year. ♪ for a limited time, take advantage of this exceptional offer on the all-new cadillac ats. exceptional offer through sunday, save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic.e...
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erin. >> that is for sure, drew. thank you. >>> still to come, a remarkable idea that just might win an oscar this weekend. when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the all-new cadillac ats -- 2013 north american car of the year. ♪ for a limited time, take advantage of this exceptional offer on the all-new cadillac ats. exceptional offer today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> the academy awards are a few days away, a lot of fun this weekend. but we wanted to bring you an idea that's not
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. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett in for piers morgan. we have breaking news for you tonight. we are looking live at the crippled carnival triumph, the ship that at this moment is a few miles away from where i'm standing at the port in mobile, alabama. it has literally been hell on the high seas for 4,229 people. 3,144 passengers and 1,086 crew members. it's not over yet. carnival says it's going to take four to five hours to get the passengers off the ship, once they actually arrive. the ship will be behind me. children and those with special needs will disembark first. it's a ship that has been described as a floating toilet. some of the conditions that passengers have been telling me about have been disturbing. now, passengers are going to be carrying their own luggage, that's part of why it takes a lot of time. you have luggage for more than 4,000 people that has to get off the ship. in terms of what passengers will receive for this. they're going to get $500, a free flight home, a full refund for their trip and a credit for a future
. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett in for piers morgan. we have breaking news for you tonight. we are looking live at the crippled carnival triumph, the ship that at this moment is a few miles away from where i'm standing at the port in mobile, alabama. it has literally been hell on the high seas for 4,229 people. 3,144 passengers and 1,086 crew members. it's not over yet. carnival says it's going to take four to five hours to get the passengers off the ship, once they...
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. >> erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news. the dow posts its worst drop of the year. more than 200 points. >> plus, michelle obama with a surprise appearance at the oscars. if you fell asleep, you missed it. was it bigger than blockbuster or just a bomb. >> plus, let's go "outfront." >>> and we begin tonight with new developments. cnn has just learned that governor chris christie, a key 2016 republican presidential hopeful, is not invited to the conservative political action conference in washington, d.c. next week. that's according to a source close to c-pac, and c-pack, if you haven't heard of it, is often considered a must-attend for anybody who wants to win the white house from the gop. senator marco rubio of florida, louisiana governor bobby jindal, former florida governor jeb bush, rand paul of kentucky, rick perry of texas, they're all already on the list. is this a snub for chris christie? this news breaking late this afternoon. how big of a snub is it the. >> it makes a lot of sense for cpac, because frankly, chris ch
. >> erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news. the dow posts its worst drop of the year. more than 200 points. >> plus, michelle obama with a surprise appearance at the oscars. if you fell asleep, you missed it. was it bigger than blockbuster or just a bomb. >> plus, let's go "outfront." >>> and we begin tonight with new developments. cnn has just learned that governor chris christie, a key...
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but erin, it's going to be a lengthy process. when you think about it, 2010 was the "splendour" incident and they still have not released the findings of that investigation. we know investigators got on board the ship yesterday. they surveyed the damage from the fire. today they interviewed the very tired captain of that ship, as well as some passengers. they really want to piece together a full account of what exactly happened on board that vessel. they're also looking through the information they retrieved from the so-called ship's black box. the voyage data recorder. so they've retrieved that information and they're hoping that will tell a better, broader story of what exactly happened and how that fire started. >> all right, sandra, thank you very much. serious questions. as we've been saying, not just for the people who are on board that ship but for anybody who is considering taking a cruise. we spoke to carnival cruise lines tonight and we're told it's too soon for them to say howl the investigation will take. the results
but erin, it's going to be a lengthy process. when you think about it, 2010 was the "splendour" incident and they still have not released the findings of that investigation. we know investigators got on board the ship yesterday. they surveyed the damage from the fire. today they interviewed the very tired captain of that ship, as well as some passengers. they really want to piece together a full account of what exactly happened on board that vessel. they're also looking through the...
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let's begin with erin in the nation's heartland, good morning, erin, it looks terrible. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we're getting about two inches of snow an hour, but what i want to tell you are the power outages. we talked to kansas city power and light all morning and the power outages have doubled and tripled since we first started talking to them, up to 35,000 power outages just in the kansas city metro area. there are also about 10,000 power outages in texas and another 10,000 or so in oklahoma. that's a problem for those getting heat so that's something to watch out for. also around me it's getting harder to see if you can look a little bit behind me here you don't see very many cars on the road. however the cars that we have seen have gotten stuck, one of them rolled down the hill so it is very dangerous. we also know from kansas governor sam brownback that there was a second death in this storm reported last night. so dangerous storm, carol. >> hopefully people are staying off the roads today. thanks so much, erin. let's get the latest on the storm and where it's headi
let's begin with erin in the nation's heartland, good morning, erin, it looks terrible. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we're getting about two inches of snow an hour, but what i want to tell you are the power outages. we talked to kansas city power and light all morning and the power outages have doubled and tripled since we first started talking to them, up to 35,000 power outages just in the kansas city metro area. there are also about 10,000 power outages in texas and another 10,000...
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but erin, let's stop playing the blame game. stephen moore wants to blame the president and a lot of democrats want to blame republicans, but the whole idea is this whole sequester came out of the summer of 2011, when the republicans were just about to demand that the -- in exchange for raising the debt limit, that the united states would not otherwise be able to pay its bills. the republicans were threatening a default. and the president said, look, instead of a the default, that would be a disaster. our rating is already under assault, our credit rating, let's have some terrible kind of fallback that nobody's going to want, to force us into a deal. so, let's stop playing the blame game. the issue here it seems to me that we are right up against a terrible, terrible wall, and everybody, everybody agrees it's bad. why don't you just have an agreement with regard to when the timetable is going to be and wait until unemployment gets down to 6% before you pull the austerity plug. >> bob, that could be ten years from now. here's the
but erin, let's stop playing the blame game. stephen moore wants to blame the president and a lot of democrats want to blame republicans, but the whole idea is this whole sequester came out of the summer of 2011, when the republicans were just about to demand that the -- in exchange for raising the debt limit, that the united states would not otherwise be able to pay its bills. the republicans were threatening a default. and the president said, look, instead of a the default, that would be a...
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erin? >> drivers have been ordered i know to stay off the streets as we were saying, governor patrick saying if you're on the roads in boston after 4:00 in the afternoon, you could face up to a year in jail. are people heeding that warning? >> a year in jail, or a $500 fine. and so far, so far we've seen very little traffic out here. you can see the street, we've seen absolutely nothing for the past hour. maybe we saw one passenger car on the way out to this location, one or two vehicles. for the most part, people seem to be heeding the warning and staying inside. we spoke to some people who are not far from here. they're doing what a lot of people are doing, then set out early, bought their supplies, bought their groceries, now hunkering down for the storm. >> thanks very much, jason carroll. we'll check in with jason later on in the hour. i want to go to ali velshi in dennisport, massachusetts. what's it like there? >> whatever jason's getting, we've had. i can tell him it's going to get
erin? >> drivers have been ordered i know to stay off the streets as we were saying, governor patrick saying if you're on the roads in boston after 4:00 in the afternoon, you could face up to a year in jail. are people heeding that warning? >> a year in jail, or a $500 fine. and so far, so far we've seen very little traffic out here. you can see the street, we've seen absolutely nothing for the past hour. maybe we saw one passenger car on the way out to this location, one or two...
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>> not really, erin. my interactions with him started back in 2011 at the world track and field championships in south korea. i immediately discovered a guy who was incredibly inspiring. he was driven to succeed on the track and try and make history. but i never saw anything, this entire story to me is just unbelievable. the guy that i got to know covering in south korea and london is not even equating to these circumstances that i'm hearing. >> let me ask about something in court. he was crying, he completely broke down today and he did in the first hearing. does his grief seem genuine to you? i know that's a very hard thing to judge but this is a man you know. >> it's hard to get in his head from this far away, not knowing really all the circumstances which i think will continue to be revealed in this sad story. but the guy that i discovered on the track, especially in london where he fought so hard through the arbitration to have a chance to run against able-bodied athletes in the games, is emotional.
>> not really, erin. my interactions with him started back in 2011 at the world track and field championships in south korea. i immediately discovered a guy who was incredibly inspiring. he was driven to succeed on the track and try and make history. but i never saw anything, this entire story to me is just unbelievable. the guy that i got to know covering in south korea and london is not even equating to these circumstances that i'm hearing. >> let me ask about something in court....
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erin? >> and kyung, as you said, they're hoping and trying to track down that lead as well as others. there's not much daylight left on the west coast, you tell me, another hour, hour and a half. this is crunch time, right? >> reporter: yeah, you are absolutely right about that. about 90 minutes of daylight left. and just so give you an idea of what the officers are facing right now, big bear lake is a mountainous area. it's a resort area. it is very dense. a lot of forestry in that area. there are resorts in that area, as well. so you have people mixed with dense areas. it is very difficult to find somebody. it is, in effect, a perfect hideout, but officers, they have got to find him, if they're going to try to find him tonight, because after the sun sets, you're talking about tough terrain that could be very dangerous for the police. and something we should point out, erin, there is a storm coming in. it's expected to snow in that area. >> kuyung lah, thanks very much. and in addition to
erin? >> and kyung, as you said, they're hoping and trying to track down that lead as well as others. there's not much daylight left on the west coast, you tell me, another hour, hour and a half. this is crunch time, right? >> reporter: yeah, you are absolutely right about that. about 90 minutes of daylight left. and just so give you an idea of what the officers are facing right now, big bear lake is a mountainous area. it's a resort area. it is very dense. a lot of forestry in that...
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i'm erin burnett here with martin safvidge in mobile, alabama. we're surrounded by families, people reuniting, media. it is the world here, and we have aeady heard from people who are excited, people who are angry, people who were emotional, people who were taking it all in stride. just the full monopoly of human emotion. >> they're just very, very happy to be here, off the ship, and finally in many cases into the arms of loved ones they have been waiting for. that's what we're watching for here. we're going totally unskrimecri with this. >> you want to step in? >> sure. >> come on in. please come on in. hi, there, sweetie. >> identify yourselves. >> my name is betty. this is my daughter, melissa mcdavid, and her daughter, cameron mcdavid. we have our husbands and riann and madeleine. we went on a cruise with my son-in-law andy. >> three generations of family here? >> yeah, and we came for her 40th birthday. >> welcome. probably not the birthday you expected. >> it's all right. >> what was it like? >> it made you appreciate hot water, flushing to
i'm erin burnett here with martin safvidge in mobile, alabama. we're surrounded by families, people reuniting, media. it is the world here, and we have aeady heard from people who are excited, people who are angry, people who were emotional, people who were taking it all in stride. just the full monopoly of human emotion. >> they're just very, very happy to be here, off the ship, and finally in many cases into the arms of loved ones they have been waiting for. that's what we're watching...
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i'm erin burnett. tonight, the fourth most powerful man in the world resigns. pope benedict xvi surprised many of his 1.2 billion fall ors worldwide when he said he was going to step down at the end of the month, and the reason, his age. nearly one in four americans identifies as catholic. according to the church, the catholic population worldwide has about 15 million members in 2010. the latest year for which there was data. about 17% of the planet is catholic. now, a church is believed to be the third largest landowner in the world, so it's hard to estimate what the church owns and what it's worth. economists estimate annual spending just by the united states by the catholic church and its entities was about $170 billion in one year, 2010. sister simone campbell is the executive director of the national catholic justice lobby. brian finny worked for opus dei. scary guys. let me start with you, sister simone. i wart to start with a serious issue. $3.3 billion has been paid out by the church in the past 15 years to settle rape and molestation charges of boys ag
i'm erin burnett. tonight, the fourth most powerful man in the world resigns. pope benedict xvi surprised many of his 1.2 billion fall ors worldwide when he said he was going to step down at the end of the month, and the reason, his age. nearly one in four americans identifies as catholic. according to the church, the catholic population worldwide has about 15 million members in 2010. the latest year for which there was data. about 17% of the planet is catholic. now, a church is believed to be...
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erin? >> all right, thanks to reza. >>> now to england, where the positive identification of king richard iii's skeletal remains has triggered a resurgence of interest in the notorious monarch. what would he have done if he lived in the era of twitter? richard quest is in london. i asked him to explain how the long dead ruler is getting a royal makeover. >> reporter: erin, this is the portrait most familiar of richard iii but this is the recreation from the scans of the skull that was found in that parking lot in middle england. note the tightness of the skin and the way artists have put the hair and the reality to it. it was commissioned by the richard iii society and when they announced it, they said his grace, richard, king of england, france and ireland. i leave you to decide which of the two you actually prefer. >>> now our fifth story out front, fat attack. new jersey governor chris christie's weight has always provided fodder for late night comics but last night, christie showed he c
erin? >> all right, thanks to reza. >>> now to england, where the positive identification of king richard iii's skeletal remains has triggered a resurgence of interest in the notorious monarch. what would he have done if he lived in the era of twitter? richard quest is in london. i asked him to explain how the long dead ruler is getting a royal makeover. >> reporter: erin, this is the portrait most familiar of richard iii but this is the recreation from the scans of the...
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>> erin, i am happy to explain that. i think everybody who was there remembers exactly how it happened which was there was a long negotiation that included the president, speaker boehner. we agreed to amount of cuts on discretionary spending, domestic and defense, and as you remember, what kept us from coming to the big agreement was we couldn't quite reach an agreement on the amount of entitlements, things like medicare savings, and the amount of revenue. there was significant amount of revenue, at least 800 billion on the table from the republicans but we didn't come to a deal, so as we were working out how to avoid a going into default, there was an agreement that we needed an enforcement mechanism that would be so painful for both sides that would make both sides come back to the table and each give a little, and i think the idea was bring us back to try to do the type of grand bargain where we would get the revenues from tax reform we would need together with additional entitlement savings, so i am not saying we hav
>> erin, i am happy to explain that. i think everybody who was there remembers exactly how it happened which was there was a long negotiation that included the president, speaker boehner. we agreed to amount of cuts on discretionary spending, domestic and defense, and as you remember, what kept us from coming to the big agreement was we couldn't quite reach an agreement on the amount of entitlements, things like medicare savings, and the amount of revenue. there was significant amount of...
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. >> rand paul will talk with erin burnett tonight, the interview will air on erin burnett "outfront." let's get to other news with zoraida in new york. good morning. >> good morning to you. >>> new this morning, six people arrested over new phone hacking allegations at rupert murdoch's now defunct news of the world tabloid. this is part of a separate conspiracy to hack phones in 2005 and 2006. several top murdoch executives were arrested and charged in an earlier probe. >>> both benedict celebrating what will likely be his last public mass on ash wednesday, he greeted thousands of his faithful in the square. he thanked them in several languages and said it would be inappropriate to stay on as pope. >> reporter: i have done this in full freedom for the benefit of the church. i have prayed for a long time and examined before god my conscience, fully aware of the gravity and insidiousness of such acts. >> a live report from vatican city in about ten minutes from now. >>> gop senators threatening a filibuster after chuck hagel cleared a major hurdle to becoming the next secretary. the ar
. >> rand paul will talk with erin burnett tonight, the interview will air on erin burnett "outfront." let's get to other news with zoraida in new york. good morning. >> good morning to you. >>> new this morning, six people arrested over new phone hacking allegations at rupert murdoch's now defunct news of the world tabloid. this is part of a separate conspiracy to hack phones in 2005 and 2006. several top murdoch executives were arrested and charged in an earlier...
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erin? >> that is for sure, drew. fs. >>> all right, thank you. still to come, a remarkable idea that just might win an oscar this weekend. i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. the delightful discovery. the sweet realization that you have a moment all to yourself. well, almost. splenda® no calorie sweetener. splenda® makes the moment yours™. or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano before and there'll be no gas. [ male announcer ] engine light on? come to meineke now for a free code scan read and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. come to meineke now for a free code scan read all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verif
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erin mcpike is live in kansas city. we'll start with you. >> we're seeing snowfall two inches an houreer. very windy, looking at winds up to 30 miles per hour later today, and also, soledad, because of the snow last week, there is still a lot of heavy snow on branchs and power lines, snapping power lines, and lots of power outages throughout kansas city. we just got off the phone with kansas city power and light. they have doubled from 10,000 to 20,000, those numbers will go down, right now they can't get out on the road to repair the power lines. we're looking at power outages in texas. another 10,000 no oklahoma. the storm looking to be worst than last week, soledad. >> a little bit of a mess. thank you very much. appreciate that. let's get to jennifer delgado. where is this all going? >> soledad, right now, it's actually right on top of the midwest. you saw the live shot where erin is out of kansas. kansas city, taking a beating right now. coming down very good along interstate 70. toward the east in st. louis, a bre
erin mcpike is live in kansas city. we'll start with you. >> we're seeing snowfall two inches an houreer. very windy, looking at winds up to 30 miles per hour later today, and also, soledad, because of the snow last week, there is still a lot of heavy snow on branchs and power lines, snapping power lines, and lots of power outages throughout kansas city. we just got off the phone with kansas city power and light. they have doubled from 10,000 to 20,000, those numbers will go down, right...
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erin thank you for the update. let's get to jim simms, the cititicity commissioner in amarillo, texas. lots of snow there. i guess you're looking at some historic snowfall, 18 inches, as much as 20 inches. how is your city doing? >> we're holding up well. it was a lot of snow, blizzard conditions because of the winds we had but we have a great staff here, great crew and good equipment and we handled it. i hear the problems other places have, woodward but we fared relatively well. >> we're glad to hear that. you sound almost practically chipper while you talk to me. it's not been the case for some of the other city leaders i've been talking to. how about stranded motorists? that's been a problem in the midwest and the plains. tell me if that's a struggle and problem for you guys. >> yes, ma'am, it was, because people were caught on the highway traveling on interstate 40 and then our own residents, remember that early sunday afternoon it was 63 degrees. within 24 hours we had 40-mile-an-hour winds and 20 inches of sn
erin thank you for the update. let's get to jim simms, the cititicity commissioner in amarillo, texas. lots of snow there. i guess you're looking at some historic snowfall, 18 inches, as much as 20 inches. how is your city doing? >> we're holding up well. it was a lot of snow, blizzard conditions because of the winds we had but we have a great staff here, great crew and good equipment and we handled it. i hear the problems other places have, woodward but we fared relatively well. >>...
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how long with that stay in effect, erin? >> until sometime on wednesday and mayor sly james had this warning for residents yesterday. >> we'll be keeping community centers and shelters open. there will be crews on the roads, and emergency personnel on alert and doing their jobs. we'll do our part. we need our kansas city citizens to take this seriously and spread the word and to be off the roads as much as possible. >> they had about 175 snow pows out last night. another 65 will hit the residential areas of kansas city starting 6:00 a.m. central time. >> our thanks to erin mcpike, getting slammed the second time in a week. >> more on the situation in kansas city. joining us on the phone is the mayor sly james and talking about the conditions. how are you coping with all of this? >> well, we are fortunate that we have a great crew of people out working with it and they've been on the road now for quite some time, trying to keep things as clear as possible. but we're monitoring the situation. we're doing everything that we can
how long with that stay in effect, erin? >> until sometime on wednesday and mayor sly james had this warning for residents yesterday. >> we'll be keeping community centers and shelters open. there will be crews on the roads, and emergency personnel on alert and doing their jobs. we'll do our part. we need our kansas city citizens to take this seriously and spread the word and to be off the roads as much as possible. >> they had about 175 snow pows out last night. another 65...
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. >> all right, erin, thanks. we are in windy and chilly chicago where president obama spoke today about the epidemic of teen violence gripping his home town. we're also going to be looking at the close encounter with a meteor that everyone is talking about that was literally earth-shaking, and later, we'll have the latest on the blade runner's emotional day in court, charged with premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend. but we begin with breaking news in the mudeath of killer cop christopher dorner. just moments ago, another vital question was answered. the precise manner of dorner's death. randi kaye is joining us. she just got word of the situation. she's in las vegas. the big headline is dorner died from a single gunshot wound to the head. does it mean it was self-inflicted? >> it appears so, chris. they didn't see him fire the fatal shot, but all indications are it was self-inflicted. they are still investigating, of course, but you have to remember that cabin was on fire. so law enforcement wasn't
. >> all right, erin, thanks. we are in windy and chilly chicago where president obama spoke today about the epidemic of teen violence gripping his home town. we're also going to be looking at the close encounter with a meteor that everyone is talking about that was literally earth-shaking, and later, we'll have the latest on the blade runner's emotional day in court, charged with premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend. but we begin with breaking news in the mudeath of killer...